Emotional monasticism

Emotional monasticismAuthor: Lauren Mancia ISBN: 9781526140203 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 04 Jun 2019 Pages: 288 Format: Hardback Medievalists have long taught that highly emotional Christian devotion, often called 'affective piety', appeared in Europe after the twelfth century and was primarily practiced by communities of mendicants, lay people and women. Emotional monasticism challenges this view. The first study of affective piety in

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